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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 47 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 47 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Type of PremisesNumberVisits or InspectionsNoticesLegal Proceedings
Registered and Licensed Premises:
Milk Distributors4102637-
Licensed premises under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1963397---
Ice Cream Premises:Sale58928211-
Manufacture32
Storage only5
Prepared Food PremisesMeat112204321
Fish56
Rag Flock Premises6625--
Pet Shops7335--
Offensive Businesses21164-
Pharmacy and Poisons Premises131140--
Common Lodging Houses431--
Seamen's Lodging Houses420--
Massage Premises77--
Other Premises:
Mechanical Factories3,4591,024247-
Non-Mechanical Factories6421445-
Other Factories17233--
Outworkers707---
Bakehouses52173337
Baker Shops90
Butcher Shops and Stalls19920143-
Catering Establishments1, 4737491078
Fish Shops12612421-
Greengrocers and Fruiterers473189341
Grocers (wholesale and retail)493419672
Public Houses and Off-Licences534307631
Poultry Dealers (excluding butchers)427416-
Railway Depots4400--
Wharves701, 516--
Miscellaneous Food Premises6474444815
Meat Vehicles-123--
Revisits-426--
TOTALS:10,3907, 36973835
There are 4,566 food premises including stalls in the Borough. Some of the premises listed above are included under more than one trade category.